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It’s New Year’s Eve weekend on the Treasure Coast.
That means lots of live music at local venues, plus parties at restaurants, bars and breweries.
But, if you don’t want to wait until midnight to kiss 2017 goodbye, there are some options for daytime celebrations.
The best things to do this weekend are broken down into kid-friendly and adults-only categories.
All these events have one thing in common: no cover charge.
Have a fun, safe and happy 2018!
Attend family-friendly events
A Noon Year’s Eve party at Ground Floor Farm from noon-4 p.m. Sunday includes live music, face painting, children’s activities and food and drink specials at 100 S.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Stuart. For more information, call 772-600-4230 or go to www.groundfloorfarm.com.
New Year’s Eve in Tradition Square from 5-9 p.m. Sunday features entertainment for all ages, a petting zoo, pony rides, bounce houses, food and drink vendors and fireworks at 10490 S.W. Village Center Drive in Port St. Lucie. For more information, go to www.facebook.com/events/929486673884735.
The third annual Vero Beach Ball with a “Hippie New Year” theme is from 5 p.m. Sunday to 1 a.m. Monday on the north side of the Indian River Mall at 6200 20th St. Bring blankets and lawn chairs to enjoy fireworks and live music from the mid- to late 1960s. Admission is free, but those who attend need tokens to buy food and drinks and to participate in activities. For more information, go to www.facebook.com/groups/260703394426334.
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Parties at the breweries
A New Year’s Eve brunch at Hop Life Brewing Company with Reds Kitchen and $15 bottomless mimosas and “beermosas” begins at 11 a.m. Sunday at 679 N.W. Enterprise Drive in Port St. Lucie. Hop Life closes at 9 p.m. For more information, call 772-249-5055.
A New Year’s Eve party at American Icon Brewery begins at 8 p.m. Sunday at 1133 19th Place and includes live entertainment, a simulcast of the Times Square ball drop, a DJ and dancing, a light show, party favors, food and a big balloon drop and champagne toast at midnight. For more information, call 772-934-4266 or go to www.facebook.com/events/530662090622214. American Icon opens 11 a.m. Monday with brunch, mimosas, a DJ and dancing, lawn games and the Rose Bowl at 5 p.m. For more information, go to www.facebook.com/events/178277766247376.
Brew Year’s Eve at Walking Tree Brewery with live music, a “barrel drop” and a free champagne toast at midnight starts at 8 p.m. Sunday at 3209 Dodger Road in Vero Beach. For more information, call 772-217-3502 or go to www.facebook.com/events/382092578882525.
Trip into the New Year at Pareidolia Brewing Company with Grateful Dead music and tie-dye shirts from 8-10 p.m. Saturday at 712 Cleveland Street in Sebastian. For more information, call 772-584-0331 or go to www.facebook.com/events/581449012200450. Toast around the World at Pareidolia with free champagne toasts and live streaming fireworks every hour from 5 p.m. Sunday-midnight Monday. For more information, go to www.facebook.com/events/143380793106624.
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Laurie K. Blandford is #TCPalmSocial’s entertainment reporter and columnist dedicated to adventure and finding the best things to do on the Treasure Coast. Read her weekly column, Laurie's Stories, on TCPalm.com. Follow her on Twitter at @TCPalmLaurie or Facebook at faceboook.com/TCPalmLaurie. Get behind the scenes with TCPalm's Instagram and Snapchat stories.
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